The event of tourism related to the preservation and promotion of cultural heritage values has lengthy been a long-standing coverage of the Vietnamese Social gathering and State. Even below the Technique for the Growth of Cultural Industries in Vietnam till 2020 with a imaginative and prescient to 2030, cultural tourism is affirmed as one of many cultural industries that requires funding and growth. The technique targets that cultural tourism will account for 15-20% of the overall income of 40 billion USD from tourism by 2030.
Lately, Vietnam has been honoured with the celebrated World Journey Awards (WTA) as a prime world heritage vacation spot, a number one cultural vacation spot in Asia, and a prime culinary vacation spot in Asia. Many cultural tourism merchandise and locations with world cultural heritages have turn out to be vital highlights on the Vietnamese tourism map, such because the Trang An Scenic Panorama Complicated in Ninh Binh, the Complicated of Hue Monuments in Thua Thien-Hue, My Son Sanctuary and Hoi An Historic Metropolis in Quang Nam.
Nonetheless, specialists stated Vietnam has but to have high quality cultural tourism merchandise that match its potential.
Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of the Institute for Tourism Growth Analysis, stated cultural tourism merchandise in Vietnam are sometimes repetitive, restricted in high quality, missing creativity and differentiation amongst areas and localities nationwide.
Vu Van Tuyen, CEO of Travelogy, stated there are three main methods to extend the extent of creativity within the constructing and advertising of cultural tourism merchandise, together with replica, simulation, and narration which purpose to create extra impressions and deeper experiences for vacationers concerning the kind of tourism product, via using imagery, fashions, tales, and historic cultural legends, whether or not actual or fictional, in an inexpensive method.
With a view to successfully faucet a tourism product, the involvement of the vacation spot, native authorities, cultural and historic specialists and tour brokers is required, he stated.
From a macro perspective, Tuan stated with a purpose to develop cultural tourism, it’s important to pay particular consideration to conservation and restoration efforts to advertise the values of cultural heritages, shaping and constructing the model of every locality and the nation based mostly on present cultural foundations to draw the eye of buyers and vacationers each at dwelling and overseas.
Additionally it is necessary to improve tourism-related infrastructure and technical services, significantly in areas wealthy in cultural tourism sources however with slower socio-economic growth. Moreover, it’s essential to uphold the position of the group and group tradition in tourism growth, guaranteeing a balanced profit from tourism actions for the group, he stated./. VNA
